The menace of stray dogs has been on the rise in Chandigarh, with nearly 500 dog bite cases being reported from the city each month and the municipal authorities battling to find a solution to the problem.

CPI(M) on Friday slammed Chief Minister N Rangasamy and BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre for the `delay' in giving nod for finalising the size of the 2015-16 plan for the union territory which has forced presentation of vote on account by the territorial government.

The Puducherry Assembly was today adjourned sine die after transacting its scheduled business, including passing of the Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill earmarking funds for the first three months of fiscal 2015-16.

The participation of top level leaders of Left parties in the 22nd five-day National Congress of CPI beginning here on Wednesday is a signal for reunification of these parties in the country, CPI General Secretary S Sudhakar Reddy said here on Tuesday.

Accusing the AINRC Government of failure to protect immovable properties, particularly those owned by French nationals, from being grabbed, senior Congress leader V Narayanasamy on Monday sought stern action against the offenders.

Congress leader V Narayanasamy Tuesday alleged that Rangasamy-led government here had violated court directives in posting employees in government departments and said the party would seek a CBI probe into the matter.

Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee on Saturday urged party Vice president Rahul Gandhi to take charge as AICC working president to enable the party witness larger opportunities at all levels for `young and energetic workers`.

The CPI(M) on Wednesday criticised decision of the government to disburse Rs 300 instead of 10 kg free rice through nationalised banks to each of the families discontinuing the distribution of rice through ration shops.

AICC General Secretary and former union minister V Narayanasamy on Monday dubbed the Central budget-2015-2016 presented in Parliament on February 28 as "pampering the affluent and the corporate sector and ignoring the depressed and marginalised sections".

The Madras High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail pleas filed by eight police personnel allegedly involved in sexually assaulting two minor girls in Puducherry, saying they have been charged with a "heinous" offence and acting as "vultures in uniform".

Opposition DMK on Sunday lauded the decision of the Puducherry government to remit Rs 300 instead of giving 10 kg free rice every month in the name of the wife or senior woman member in the family in their bank accounts.

Puducherry unit of BJP on Sunday urged the government to ensure that the Indira Gandhi Government General hospital and all the primary health centres in the Union Territory were fully equipped with stocks of drugs for the for treatment of swine flue and dengue fever.

Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Wednesday said NCC inculcates discipline, self-confidence and passion for achieving excellence among youth in addition to enabling them make excellent progress in academic career.

Janata Dal (United) on Saturday demanded that the Centre and Puducherry governments expeditiously collect arrears due for years towards power tariff here or under several other central loan schemes from industrialists and big entrepreneurs.

Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Sunday said the union territory continued to maintain its top position in various sectors and more particularly in the fields of education, health and socio economic development.

With an aim to create about 40,000 jobs and facilitating Rs 5,000 crore of new investment into the region in next 5 years, Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli have come out with an industrial policy.